In 2020 the average nine-inning major-league baseball game lasted 3 hours and 7 minutes. In 1949 games were completed on average in 2 hours and 15 minutes.1 Yet on a mostly sunny September afternoon at Yankee Stadium in 1949, the New York Yankees batted for 50 minutes in the bottom of the third inning. The … Continue reading September 11, 1949: Four Senators pitchers set major-league record with 11 walks in one inning